North Garland High School - Marauder Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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REA SE Fall musical depicts teen life in the 50's Qcontinued from page 251 said junior Francie Ham- mett. The three nights the musical was performed brought in an average of over 1000 people per show. In addition, the Saturday performance came within 100 seats of selling out the auditorium. But, despite the large audiences and 55 ticket prices, the musical only made about 53000. We would have had more profits if the sets and the technical aspects of the show hadn't cost so much, said senior John T. Moore, but still, 53000 is a lot of money. The theater arts department received 6095 of the profits, which will be used to finance their next production. The choir department got 40911 of the profits and the band received a small stipend from the two. As the final curtain fell and all of the applause had died down, members of the audience gathered back- stage to congratulate the cast and crew on the per- formance. This was the best show I've seen per- formed here at North Gar- land, said senior Suzanne Peterson. Junior Lori Ste- phens agreed, saying, Al- though I felt a great sense of relief that the produc- tion was over, I was sad be- cause I wouldn't be able to perform like that again. I really had fun out there! 9 26 STUDENT LIFE 2 DRESSED ENTIRELY in white, the Teen Angel, played by junior Matt Sturges, tries to convince Frenchy, played by junior Lori Stephens, to go back to high school. Sturges appeared earlier in the show as Johnny Casino. Photo by Craig Cooper ata

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REA SE Fall musical depicts teen life in the 50's The audience went to their seats in the audito- rium and busily chattered while waiting for the show to begin. When the house lights dimmed and Mr. Michael Morton appeared at stage left, the audience began to cheer. North Gar- land's fall production, Grease, was about to begin. Preparations began for Grease, a musical about high school life in the 5O's, in early October for the musical with auditions. Held October 1,2, and 3, nearly 150 people attended two days of dancing and one day of singing in SITTING AROUND AT ,lan'S party, Doody iAIlan Harjalal strums his guitar and sings to Rock and Roll Party Queen with Roger as Sonny and Ken- ickie look on. This was l'Iarjala's fifth production at North Gar- land. Photo by Terry Knighton search of parts. Call-backs were held the following Monday for those consid- ered for the main cast. Even though I thought I did well on my tryouts, I didn't really think that I would land a leading part, said senior Wendi Pinder, who played the role of Sandy. Rehearsals began almost as soon as tryouts were completed. Those 58 stu- dents selected to perform by theater arts director Vicki Tapp and choral di- rector Mike Morton at- tended 2 hour rehearsals on weeknights and 4 hour rehearsals on Saturday afternoons during the five weeks between auditions and performances. Fridays were given as free days, as senior Denny Lowe said, to go and cheer for the football team. Early re- hearsals called for only parts of the cast, such as a chorus for a particular song or the cast for a scene, but as the production dates approached, rehearsals be- gan to include the entire cast. The week we per- formed the play, I couldn't work at all, because I was at school every night, said senior Travers Scott. The final week of re- hearsals saw the cast and crew putting the finishing touches on the sets and scripts as entire scenes were run straight through. Mrs. Tapp was trying to give us a little bit of exper- ience to those who had never performed before, icontinued on page 261 FALL PRODUCTION 2.5

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WITH THE ACCOMPANY- MENT of the Burger Palace Boys and the chorus, Roger praises Kenickie's new car with the song Greased Lightnin . Dance scenes in the musical were chor- eographed by Mrs. Suzanne Toler, an instructor at the new Performing Arts School here in Garland. Photo by Terry Knighton URGED ON BY Marty and two other friends, Doody tries to get up the courage to ask Frenchy to the school dance. Despite their support, he could not bring him- self to do it. Photo by Terry Knighton SHOWING THEIR ENTHUSI- ASM to the audience, junior Brent Sawyer and senior Pam Winder dance to the tune of We Go To- gether . Sawyer also composed the overture to the musical. Photo by Craig Cooper SPOTLIGHT IN HER FACE, ju- nior Karla Garza practices during a rehearsal on her solo, Freddy, My Love . The microphones used during the rehearsals were re- placed with cordless mikes for the performances. Photo by Craig Cooper FALL PRODUCTION 2.7